Social medium: artists writing, 2000-2015
Blasted Allegories: an anthology of writings by contemporary artists
The dual muse : the writer as artist, the artist as writer
Hans Ulrich Obrist : interviews
Inside the studio : two decades of talks with artists in New York
Institutional Critique : an anthology of artists' writings
Not a Day without a Line: understanding artists' writings
Queer and trans artists of color: interviews
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Other useful keyword searches:
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artist* sketchbook*
artist* notebook*
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• aesthetics
• art criticism -- authorship
• art appreciation
• art--philosophy
• authorship--collaboration
Search by Artist (Author)
To find books on an artist's work, think of the ARTIST as AUTHOR of their artwork and search by AUTHOR.
examples:
Whiteread, Rachel
Buren, Daniel
Martin, Agnes
Smithson, Robert
Artists' Writings in Series
20_21 Collection. Ediciones Polígrafa
Art 21: Art in the twenty-first century
Manifestos
Manifesto: a century of isms. See literary manifestos or search by the keyword: manifesto*
MIT Press writing art series
Now what? Artists write
Talking Art Interviews with artists since 1976
Theories and Documents of contemporary art: a sourcebook of Artists' Writings
Voicing our visions: writings by women artists
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